Question

Rodrigo is a salesman who earned a base pay of $38,800 and was paid commission of 14% for each book set he sold. If x represents the number of books sold, and y represents his total pay in dollars, then write an equation that best represents Rodrigo's total pay in dollars?

Answer 1

y = 38800 + 0.14x

Explanation:

Rodrigo is a salesman who earned a base pay of $38800 and a commission of 14% for each book set he sold.

If Rodrigo sells one set of books he earns the commission of 0.14

So on the sales of x sets of books Rodrigo will earn commission of 0.14x

Therefore, Rodrigo's total pay will be y = Basic pay + commission

y = 38800 + 0.14x is the equation representing total pay of Rodrigo's.